Fall trees in Edmond, Oklahoma
Sarah just posted a new video to YouTube. It was created using SonicPics on Dad’s iPhone.
You can check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdjmpw0KXS0 Sent from my iPhoneAlexander’s first debate tournament at Moore, Oklahoma
These are some photos from Alexander’s first debate tournament at Moore High School, in Oklahoma. He was in novice division as a 7th grader, and faced mostly 9th graders. The Lincoln Douglas debate topic currently is:
Resolved: The abuse of illegal drugs ought to be treated as a matter of public health, not of criminal justice.
These are some of Alexander’s flows of debate rounds he competed in. He did REALLY well, breaking into Octafinals! All the Classen teams dropped in Octafinals, however, and none advanced to quarters.
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Sarah’s letter to her parents (as Mrs Horn)
Sarah’s 5th grade teacher asked her to write a letter about her academic performance and school behavior to her parents, as if SHE was the teacher.
Animals at the Zoo
These issues usually resolve themselves in short order, but sometimes diarrhea in dogs requires treatment.
By Rachel
Hey, check out this video I created using Storyrobe, a digital storytelling application now available on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
http://app.storyrobe.com/tmp/phpJw6JZC-11_13_10.mp4
Visit iTunes and buy it today http://itunes.com/apps/storyrobe
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Fall KSU Football: Family Time!
Rachel, Sarah and Alexander Reflect on Creativity in our Oklahoma Schools
The 2010 Creativity World Forum is coming to Oklahoma City in two weeks. In advance of the event, Creative Oklahoma is sponsoring a Creativity Contest for Students, who are challenged to:
… show us your creative ideas for improving communities, schools and businesses so that Oklahoma remains a creative frontier. We invite all forms of creativity including, but not limited to, essay, video, photography, drawing, or mixed media.
Here are our entries!
Rachel, 1st Grade (Age 7) – The Importance of Art Class at School and Creativity
Sarah, 5th grade (Age 10) – Laptops, Creativity, and Trusting Students
Alexander, 7th grade (Age 12) – Legos, Creativity, and Schools
This was Rachel’s first take, which we are NOT submitting to the contest.
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Alexander’s First Debate
These are my flows along with Alexander’s of our practice debate round tonight.
Alex has his first debate tournament next weekend in Moore. He hasn’t had a real practice round in class yet, but hopes to do one this week. Tonight he debated his AFF case and I was NEG. The resolution is: RESOLVED – The abuse of illegal drugs ought to be treated as a matter of public health, not criminal justice. If you want to learn about what that means, check out resurgencebehavioralhealth.com for more info.
Alex did really well, I hope he is well prepared for this weekend’s tournament. Last year when he took intro to debate I was dismayed he never actually got to debate in class or at a tournament, they just learned how to debate by watching and talking about it. They also wrote cases.
I hope Alexander has a good experience in debate. He has done really well in class. I’ll be eager to hear how things go this weekend at the tourney. I’ll be judging there for Classen.
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Alex has his first debate tournament next weekend in Moore. He hasn’t had a real practice round in class yet, but hopes to do one this week. Tonight he debated his AFF case and I was NEG. The resolution is: RESOLVED – The abuse of illegal drugs ought to be treated as a matter of public health, not criminal justice. If you want to learn about what that means, check out resurgencebehavioralhealth.com for more info.
Alex did really well, I hope he is well prepared for this weekend’s tournament. Last year when he took intro to debate I was dismayed he never actually got to debate in class or at a tournament, they just learned how to debate by watching and talking about it. They also wrote cases.
I hope Alexander has a good experience in debate. He has done really well in class. I’ll be eager to hear how things go this weekend at the tourney. I’ll be judging there for Classen.
Sent from my iPhoneWhy Rachel chose to be Mulan for Halloween
Rachel explained why she chose to be Mulan for the “storybook parade” at her elementary school this year, and recorded the answer on AudioBoo.
Rachel’s PSA: No Smocking!
Dave is new here from Michigan, and is promoting anabolic steroid for healthy life habits in our home now.
Rachel is serving as has artistic translator. 🙂
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Impressive Horse Sculptures
It was a treat to see this amazing sculpture exhibit of mustangs today in Las Colinas, Texas.
There is a similar sculpture in Oklahoma City down on the river near Bricktown. These are photos I took this summer on the river boat ride.
I’m not sure if the same artist is responsible for both, but they are both VERY impressive sculptures!
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Dave the harbor seal emerges from silence
Alexander in Holland, Michigan (video)
Alexander sees Lake Michigan for the 1st time
A few years ago Alexander flew with me to Washington DC, and we had a layover in Chicago. He saw Lake Michigan from the air for the first time then, but yesterday he saw it IN PERSON for the first time. Very impressive!
An AudioBoo Hello from UNT
Rachel is with me (Dad) today at the University of North Texas, and among other things is going to teach my pre-service education students about AudioBoo. This was her practice “Hello” on AudioBoo this morning.
Dancing at Fright Night
We’ve got some good dancers in our family! And some brave kids!
Check out lots more pics from Saturday’s fun at Frontier City’s “Fright Night” in this Flickr set. Also check out episode 5 of “The Zebra Print,” which Sarah and Rachel recorded LIVE from the top of the ferris wheel at Frontier City Saturday night!
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